January 2017

Trump’s Executive Order on the ACA: 5 Things to Know

By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review January 23, 2017 President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday evening aimed at immediately lessening the economic burden of the ACA as Republican lawmakers work on a repeal and replacement plan. Here are five things to know about the scope of the executive order. 1. The order offers…

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Woman Dies From Bacteria Resistant to All Antibiotics: Why Don’t More People Care?

By Bruce Y. Lee for Forbes Welcome to the future…a bad future. In September 2016, a female in her 70s died from an infection caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), bacteria that was resistant to all available antibiotics. Yes, resistant to all available antibiotics. Yes, doctors could do nothing to stop her infection. Yes, a bad…

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Heartbeat Passwords Could be an Affordable way to Protect Medical Records

By Luke Dormehl for Digital Trends Why it matters to you. Keeping medical records secure is of utmost importance and using a patient’s heartbeat data could be just the way to do it. Whether it’s instantaneous diagnoses or simply making patients more directly responsible for their own wellbeing, there are plenty of things that are exciting…

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